On this page you will find various titles available for purchase. If you would like to buy any of our CDs, tapes or DVDs, please download the Order Form, fill it in and post to Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Bowstone Records, 18 Fletcher Drive, Disley, Stockport, SK12 2ND, UK.
Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz play jazz in a Traditional/Dixieland vein and include some unexpected pieces in their repertoire. Mart and the band specialise with a swinging happy, foot tapping kind of music which is presented and featured on the CDs, Tapes and Videos listed below. Bowstone Records is the home label for recordings by Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz.
SAMPLER CD: Saving All My Pennies – Bowstone Records
Title track, Music and Lyrics by Colin Smith, bass player with the band.
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- Saving All My Pennies vocal Mart Rodger
- Bury Me on Basin Street vocal Pete Staples
- Whistling Rufus
ALLMART: Bowstone Records – First track — All others November 2007.
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- Hiawatha
- Old Rugged Cross
- S’posin’
- So Rare
- East Coast Trot
- Amazing Grace
- St. Philip St. Breakdown
- City of the Blues
- Frenesi
- Burgundy Street Blues
- Alone Again Naturally
- That’s All
- Misty
- September Song
- King Porter Stomp
TASTY JAZZ: Bowstone Records – Recorded 9th & 10th February 2005.
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- Dans Les Rues d’Antibes
- Snag It
- Shimme Sha Wabble
- If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
- Mahogany Hall Stomp
- She’s Just My Size
- What Do You Mean You’ve Lost Your Dog
- Sensation Rag
- Aunt Hagar’s Blues
- When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam
- Blues For A Viking
- Weatherbird Rag
- Strange Blues
- Gospel Train
Solos: Bowstone Records – Recorded 9th & 10th February 2005.
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- Fine & Dandy
- Hymn To Freedom
- September In The Rain
- St Thomas
- Swanee River
- O’le Man River
- Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man Of Mine
- Oh Lady Be Good
- You Are My Heart’s Delight
- Crying My Heart Out For You
- Sermonette
- Honeysuckle Rose
- I’ll See You In My Dreams
Moments Like This: Bowstone Records – Recorded 2001.
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- Fidgety Feet
- Baby Won’t You Please Come Home vocal Roger Browne
- Lullaby Of Broadway
- Moanin’ Low
- Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life vocal Charlie Bentley
- Maple Leaf Rag
- One Sweet Letter From You
- Texas Moaner
- St.Thomas
- At Moments Like This Who Cares vocal Mart Rodger
- Kansas City Stomps
- Rose Of Washington Square vocal Pete Staples
- The Love Nest
- Love Is Just Around The Corner vocal Roger Browne
- Pontchartrain Blues
- Blame It On The Blues.
1997 Recording Sessions for George H. Buck Jr. Commisioned for the Jazzology Record Label of New Orleans. Number JCD-313.
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- Give Me Your Telephone Number
- You Bought A New Kind Of Love To Me
- I Believe In Rainbows
- Whistlin’ Rufus
- Jackass Blues
- Chattanooga Stomp
- Let’s Sing Again vocal Mart Rodger
- Lazy Bones
- Beale Street Blues
- Stevedore Stomp
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today
- We Three My Echo My Shadow And Me
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Fur Piece
- Copenhagen.
Manchester Delighted: Bowstone Records – Recorded 1997:
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- She’s Crying For Me
- Squeeze Me vocal Terry Brunt
- Sidewalk Blues
- Sweet Sue—Just You
- Ballin’ The Jack vocal Pete Staples
- Memphis Blues
- Every Evening I Miss You
- Solace
- Ory’s Creole Trombone
- Mr.Jelly Lord
- Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay vocal Charlie Bentley
- East St. Louis Toodle Oo
- Red Wing
- Just One Of Those Things vocal Roger Brown
- Riverside Blues
- Panama
T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If We Do: Bowstone Records – Recorded 1995:
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- Stomp Off Let’s Go
- I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine vocal Roy Chappell
- Davenport Blues
- St.Philip Street Breakdown
- Aren’t You Glad You’re You vocal Roy Chappell
- Back Home Again In Indiana
- Washin’ The Blues From My Soul
- New Orleans Stomp
- T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
- Personality vocal Roy Chappell
- Along The Road To Gundagai
- Portrait Of A Fan
- Kater Street Rag
- I Like ‘Em Fat Like That vocal Mart Rodger
- Mighty Like The Blues
- Coal Black Shine
- We’ll Be Back vocal Roy Chappell
Makin’ Whoopee– Special guest Marion Montgomery* sings with the band: Bowstone Records – Recorded 1993.
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Tex Wyndham American musician/reviewer gave this record 5 star maximum rating saying “Marion Montgomery and Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz are a pairing made in Heaven”
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans*
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- Mean To Me*
- Shake It And Break It
- Kansas City Man Blues
- If I Ever Cease To Love
- I Get The Blues When It Rains*
- Sobbin’ Blues
- Dinah
- After You’ve Gone*
- Then It Changed
- Canal Street Blues
- My Melancholy Baby*
- You’re A Sweetheart*
- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby vocal Mart Rodger
- Makin’ Whoopee*
- Froggie Moore
- Love Me Or Leave Me*
- Riverboat Shuffle
Jazz Tale of Two Cities: Jazzology: First recording by the band.
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- Every Evening I Miss You
- Workingman Blues
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home
- I’ll Never Smile Again
- Wabash Blues
- My Heart (Oriental Strut)
- Flatfoot
- I’m Gonna Move Into The Outskirts Of Town
- Oriental Man
- Tears
- I’ll Be Loving You Always
- Climax Rag
- Saving All My Pennies
- Bury Me On Basin Street
- Whistlin’ Rufus
- Mart Rodger/Clarinet, Allan Dent/Trumpet, Eric Brierley/Trombone, Alan Hare/Piano, Colin Smith/Double Bass, Bob Ascough/Banjo, Pete Staples Drums [Tracks 1 to 12]
- Replaced by Terry Brunt/Trombone, Roger Browne/Piano, Charlie Bentley/Banjo [Tracks 13 to 15]
Give Us A Stomper Kid! Bowstone Records: Now available on CD or Cassette Tape with four extra tracks from the original LP recorded in 1989.
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- Copenhagen
- I Believe In Rainbows
- I Can’t Say
- Georgia On My Mind vocal Eric Brierley
- Dusty Rag
- Stormy Monday vocal Eric Brierley
- Georgia Bo Bo
- Bogalusa Strut
- Papa Dip
- Saturday Night Function
- Sweet Sue vocal Eric Brierley
- Wild Man Blues
- Going To Town
- I’ll Be Loving You Always vocal Eric Brierley
- Fidgety Feet
A Jazz Club Session With Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz: 58 minute DVD recorded at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester to full broadcast standards in 1989.
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- MRMJ Stomp
- Goin’ To Town
- My Little Bimbo vocal Mart Rodger
- Climax Rag
- My Mother’s Eyes vocal Eric Brierley
- Way Down Upon The Swanee River
- Buddy’s Habit
- Snag It
- New Orleans Stomp
- Wild Man Blues
- Let The Good Times Roll vocal Eric Brierley
- So Rare
- Get Out Of Here And Go On Home